This competitive fellowship program is open to undergraduate students from all colleges and majors with a passion for big global questions and speaking across differences. We will provide a toolkit of resources for weighing challenging questions as you build your practical skills in public debates. 

Your unique skills—whether you are a writer, scholar, activist, artist, poet, or hands-on practitioner—plays an important role in imagining the future. By the end of the program, you'll be an active global citizen and champion for social impact.

The Einaudi Center creates a space for studying and practicing how individuals and communities can engage about, with, and across difference and disagreement to work toward collective understanding and action on challenging global issues. Our focus will be on skills of discourse, empowering you to thoughtfully address big questions on campus and beyond. You will learn how to:

• Analyze complex global issues.
• Understand issues from multiple perspectives.
• Test your ideas through research.
• Respectfully interact with communities impacted by an issue.
• Responsibly engage in advocacy.
• Craft and share a capstone project with the campus community. 

The work of this year's Global Scholars contributes to the Einaudi Center's 2025–26 theme: Is (Cutting) International Aid Good?

As a Global Scholar, you'll meet and engage with prominent experts and leaders visiting the Einaudi Center, including this year's speakers at the Bartels World Affairs Lecture and Lund Critical Debate. 

You'll attend participatory workshops led by our Lund Practitioner in Residence Paul Kaiser and faculty mentors—who are expert researchers and practitioners on international development. You'll also help plan and contribute to a campus showcase about the future of international aid. 

To learn more, check out our website, visit us at the International Fair on August 27, join us for an information session on September 4, or email Einaudi Center academic programs.